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    <p><span class="heading">{ About GTL }</span> GTL, the <em>Graph Template Library</em> GTL can be seen as an
      extension of the Standard Template Library STL to graphs and fundamental graph algorithms.
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    <p> Graphs are a common model for discrete relational structures, such as diagrams, nets and networks, hierarchies,
      plans, charts, or maps. And there are many important algorithms for graphs, such us exhaustive search, shortest
      path, minimum spanning tree, matching or network flow, with a wide range of applications in areas such as Computer
      Science, Discrete Mathematics, Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Operations Research, Engineering, Computer Aided
      Design, Project Management, Production Planning, Surveillance, and Maintenance Control, Cartography, and other
      application areas. The wide use of graphs is also due to the fact that they have a natural graphical
      representation and <a href="http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/Graphlet">Graphlet</a> is a tool for this.
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    <p> GTL is a platform independent and extendible C++ library. It is a useful aid to any software designer. GTL
      contains the classes needed to work with graphs, nodes and edges and some fundamental algorithms as building
      blocks for more complex graph algorithms. Further algorithms are under development.
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    <p> Customized algorithms can be developed by experienced programmers. A major step shall be support for models of
      hierarchically structured graph and the efficient manipulation of really large graphs.
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    <p> GTL has been designed and programmed following the guide lines of STL.
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    <p class="license"><span class="heading">{ License }</span>The Graph Template Library (GTL) is copyrighted by the
      University of Passau. The following terms apply to all files in the GTL distribution: </p>
      
    <p class="license"> The authors hereby grant permission to use, copy and modify this software and its documentation
      for any purpose, except the ones mentioned in this copyright notice, provided that existing copyright notices are
      retained in all copies. No written agreement, license, or royalty fee is required for any of the authorized uses.
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    <p class="license"> Commercial use of GTL without prior written permission is prohibited.  GTL must not be
      distributed without prior written permission. The terms of this copyright notice also apply to any modification to
      this software.
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    <p><span class="heading">{ Authors }</span> GTL was designed and implemented by:
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    <ul style="list-style-type:none;">
      <li><a href="http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/~forster/">Michael Forster</a>
      [ forster <b>at</b> fmi <b>dot</b> uni-passau <b>dot</b> de ]</li>
      <li><a href="http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/~pick/">Andreas Pick</a>
      [ pick <b>at</b> fmi <b>dot</b> uni-passau <b>dot</b> de ]</li>
      <li><a href="http://infosun.fmi.uni-passau.de/~raitner/index.html">Marcus Raitner</a>
      [ raitner <b>at</b> fmi <b>dot</b> uni-passau <b>dot</b> de ]</li>
      <li><a href="http://infosun.fmi.uni-passau.de/~chris/index.html">Christian Bachmaier</a>
      [ chris <b>at</b> infosun <b>dot</b> fmi <b>dot</b> uni-passau <b>dot</b> de ]</li>
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    <p> Please direct any suggestions and/or bug report to the appropriate <a href="lists.html"> mailing-lists</a>.
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